I am pleased to announce that my latest project the OpenOn website has gone live.

At the moment there is a slight domain problem with the DNS so http://www.openon.co.uk and http://openon.co.uk show different sites, I hasten to add that I was not responsible for the DNS problem and upon noticing it informed the client immediately.

Update: as of the 13 June 2009 the DNS problem has been solved.

The site is built using the xhtml 1 transitional doctype, the reason for this are that the CEO (my main contact within the company) wanted certain links to open in a new window. Something that does not conform to web standards in xhtml 1 strict without JavaScript. I discussed my reasons against this, but they disagreed.

As always, the site is built for the client, so the client wins. I just share my experience and opinion.

Originally the client wanted the site built in Joomla!, a cms familiar to the CEO. Upon discovering that the development and management team use WordPress for their personal blogs and are therefore au fait with it, I showed them some of the things I can do in WordPress and they were convinced that WordPress was up to the job as the CMS.

The site is being populated and I am “on board” to rectify any changes of heart / changes / mistakes for the short-term but as of writing the client is extremely happy.

Check it out at http://www.openon.co.uk.